Call it a "Christmas Tree" Gov. Chaffee. It is NOT and never will be a holiday tree. I always thought my country was founded on a Judeo Christain philosophy. My family,from the Civil war through vietnam,have fought and died for this philosophy. As a nation we have always stood for God. Why do our elected officals still let our children fight and die for a philosophy they don't believe in? Are you an (I) because you only care about what is popular for the next few minutes? Yes, the world is changing but not for the better. Stand up for something. Don't belittle my families sacrifices!

I live in Newport and know several ppl who work on the base. They all leave for 3 hr. lunches getting paid for it, leave early all the time and work from home (what they say) when the drank the night before and don't want to go to work but still get paid and goverment ppl who babysit who get paid for a full week when the only watch kids for a few days. I don't get paid for drinking and not working why should they?